Mission Statement
Coeur d'Alene Christian School exists for the education and encouragement of our students, utilizing the Bible as our guide in building a foundation of mutual respect, concern for each other, patriotism and discipline in all academic areas.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
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The following is taken from Section 1 of the
CCS Parent/Student Handbook:
Purpose
It is the purpose of the Coeur d’Alene Christian School to conduct and
maintain an educational experience wherein one can obtain a quality
education in a Christian environment. The general purpose of the School is
to assist its students in discovering and developing their God-given
potential and worth. The School will seek to guide and establish learning
experiences that will assist each student to be a maturing Christian person,
as well as a responsible and productive member of society. The Coeur d’Alene
Christian School will strive to motivate and equip each student so they will
continue to learn and mature throughout their lifetime.
Objectives
- To give God the glory in all things.
- To lead non-Christians to Christ by teaching and example.
- To develop spiritual leaders in the Church
- To develop an understanding of one’s unique responsibility to God, self, and others.
- To help students realize their capabilities and limitations and how to make the most of them, toward growth and service.
- To equip each student with the ability to communicate clearly, logically, and effectively through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
- To encourage creativity and curiosity.
- To encourage an appreciation for the arts.
- To teach the fundamentals of physical fitness, nutrition, and hygiene.
- To teach the fundamentals of language arts, math, social studies, science and Bible.
- To teach each student to make constructive use of leisure time.
- To prepare students to live in and deal with society.
Philosophy of Christian Education
Reality. God is the personal and purposeful creator and sustaining
force of the universe. Reality in life involved the understanding that God
is real and is active in the lives of men and women today.
Truth. All real truth was created by God. Absolute truth exists and is consistent throughout the universe. God has shown Himself through his scriptures, and through his creation; therefore, man’s understanding of God and his truth must come through a study of His inspired word, and an understanding of all aspects of His creation.
Knowledge. All knowledge must be put in the context of Biblical truth. Any knowledge or personal conviction which serves as a guiding principal in an individual’s life must be based on truth as revealed in God’s inspired word.
Man. Man is a person created in the spiritual and moral image or likeness of God. Mankind’s essential nature is the freedom to choose or decide for themselves what their behavior will be, what they will think, become, and do. Mankind’s essential freedom of choice is affected by their inherent nature and their environment, for both good and evil. Therefore, they are in need of special help to choose good and to find fulfillment in a reconciled life made possible by Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God.
Christian Education. In order for an educational program to be academically sound and instructionally effective, it must be founded upon Christian educational principles that recognize the true nature of God, of truth, of knowledge, and of mankind. Implicit in Christian education are these basic truths:
- Mankind does possess a spiritual dimension. (Genesis 1:26 – 27)
- Education involves the total being; spiritual, intellectual, physical and social. (Proverbs 9:9)
- Each person possesses unique individual potential, traits and needs. (Romans 12: 3-8)
- The educational experience must involve, as a primary emphasis, the development of Christian beliefs, attitudes, and skills, toward a lifetime of application.
- An integration of Bible truth
will be an inseparable and primary part of the total educational
process. Christian concepts will be unified with, inseparable from, and
central to the academic offerings.